FNUS75 KPIH 251522
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR WESTFORK RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
922 AM MDT THU MAR 25 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 MDT ON MARCH 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEATHER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE AREA TODAY BRINGING SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO
BURN AREA. THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BURN AREA ABOUT 1200 PM TO
100 PM RESULTING IN GUSTY WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
ADDITIONAL WEAK DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY WITH GUSTY WINDS AGAIN FRIDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....42-46.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 12-17 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY 1300 AND CONTINUING THROUGH
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................4 PERCENT INCREASING TO 30 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO 6000 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 AT IGNITION...MAX 2.
LAL.................1...THEN 2 IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS
                    IN THE EVENING...THEN SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....27-31.
MAX HUMIDITY........94-98 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
CWR.................16 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW
                    SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....38-42.
MIN HUMIDITY........53-59 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 13 TO 18 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
                    INCREASING TO 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................21 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...LINDQUIST
REQUESTED BY...KYLE MERRITT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100325.WESTF.01/PIH